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Thinning Model Master Acrylics

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  • Member since
    March 2005
  • From: near Nashville, TN
Posted by TarnShip on Thursday, July 10, 2014 2:52 PM

you can make your own thinner,,,,,,,a gallon costs about the same as one bottle of Testor's does

I don't recommend trying this until you have tried the Testor's brand stuff though, because you won't know if you are "doing better or worse" until you have a baseline.

mix 3 pints of distilled water with 3 pints of windshield washer fluid, then add drops of Liquitex Flow Aid* and Liquitex Slow Dry* to that mixture, add 1 pint of either ArmorAll Auto Glass cleaner or Clorox Green Works Natural Glass Cleaner (I use the Blue kind, lol),,,,,,,,add Pledge (Future) to the jug until you top off and have one gallon.

Turn this over and over a bunch of times to get it all mixed up, then let it settle before you use it the first time (to get rid of the bubbles)

I modified this from another guy's formula,,,,,and this works for Polly Scale, Aeromaster, and Model Master paints.

You still need to keep a cotton swab wet with cleaner nearby for tip-dry as you spray, but, you will use it far less often.

hope someone finds this helpful

Rex (the Polly Scale Rebel)

*"add drops" means to follow their label instructions, you want some of each in there, but, you don't want to go too far, you can start out with 10 drops of each, and add more if you want to,,,,,,,,other companies' products will also work for these if you choose

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  • Member since
    January 2013
Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Thursday, July 10, 2014 2:30 PM

I use Testors' Universal Acrylic thinner when using Model Master Acrylic paints. Just get it to the consistency of skim milk and you're ready to go. It may take some practice but it'll all work out once you figure out the percentages between paint and thinner. Good luck.

  • Member since
    March 2014
Posted by BarrettDuke on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 12:15 PM

Derek, Model Master seems much more particular about what it mixes well with. I'm with Hyper on this. Even though Testors thinner is outrageously expensive, it seems to work better with Model Master acrylics than Tamiya's simpler formula of thinner. There's something in MM paint that plain alcohol doesn't quite work with.

  • Member since
    May 2013
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 9:18 AM

hypertex

Personally, I use MM's Universal Acrylic Thinner with their Acryl paints and it works great.

Chris

Ditto that.

  • Member since
    October 2010
Posted by hypertex on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 8:58 AM

Sounds to me like you have answered your own question. :-)  I haven't tried IPA with MM Acryl myself, but I have read that others have had similar problems. I have no idea why it doesn't work, as IPA and water mix just fine. For some reason, MM Acryl doesn't want to mix with it. Chemistry can be unpredictable that way. And as you noted, it mixes fine with Tamiya.

Personally, I use MM's Universal Acrylic Thinner with their Acryl paints and it works great.

Chris

  • Member since
    December 2010
  • From: Raliegh, NC
Thinning Model Master Acrylics
Posted by DWood538 on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 11:48 PM

When using MM acryl paints, I've been thinning them with 71% isopropyl alcohol. However, I was wondering if this combination is okay to airbrush, because recently I've noticed that the paint in the color cup separates into colored and clear liquids (I'm guessing the clear is the iso?), and there has been a massive amount of tip drying that makes airbrushing dreadful. The finish left behind on the model is very rough as well. This has me troubled because I also have Tamiya paints that I thin with the iso, and I have had absolutely no problems spraying them. As a recap, I would like to know if MM can be thinned with iso, and any other information on what works best when thinning them. All help is greatly appreciated.

-Derek

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